RESEARCH AND REPORTS
Browse white papers, industry publications, Lockbox articles, and other published research and reports written by Caveon experts.
The concept of randomly parallel tests (RPTs) was formally introduced by Frederic Lord in 1955. In this bibliography, David Foster summarizes the works by Lord and others that speak to this presently overlooked test design, a design that can solve many of the difficult problems in testing that we experience today, including the damage caused by cheating and test theft.
2022
WHITE PAPER
Test Administration Guidelines
Test administration guidelines are a set of policies and procedures that outline how standardized assessments should be distributed and administered. These guidelines exist in order to increase consistency, ensure test security, and safeguard the fair and reliable results of exam scores.
2021
WHITE PAPER
The Past, Present, and Future of Proctoring
When it comes to test security, it is only by looking at the history of proctoring and the ways it has—and most importantly has not—evolved in the current era that we can truly understand the role that proctors should play in protecting the validity of our tests.
2021
WHITE PAPER
The Future of Multiple Choice
Like so many now-obsolete inventions before it, it was created to solve an important societal need, and its impact
has been profound. What is the future of the multiple-choice item?
2021
WHITE PAPER
Test Security and Peer Review, Language for State Assessment RFPs
This white paper provides valuable concepts and suggestions to state assessment professionals who write or review RFPs. It describes the test security elements required to not only ensure the fairness, reliability, and validity of test results, but also to satisfy Peer Review test security requirements.
2018
WHITE PAPER
Weathering the Perfect Test Security Storm
In recent years, test security issues have received greater attention from school system administrators. How have these security issues evolved, and what can states do to address them?
2015
WHITE PAPER
IT Exam Security: The Last Five Years
There are critical and pressing security issues that all IT certification program managers should understand. These include proxy test taking, braindumps, test theft, collusion, etc. Learn how IT certification programs can address these issues.
2009
WHITE PAPER
Legal Defensibility of Scoring Decisions
Can (and should) statistical evidence of test fraud be regarded as sufficient evidence of cheating to justify the cancellation of test scores and other actions?
2006
WHITE PAPER
Detecting Cheating on Computer Adaptive Tests Using Data Forensics
Can data forensics be used on online exams—particularly Computer Adaptive Tests (CATs)—to help uncover the extent to which pre-knowledge is being used?
2005
WHITE PAPER
Implementing Chameleon Clones to Enhance Exam Security
Examinees with preknowledge of test content are a major threat to the security of tests, but what if you could work smarter, not harder, to develop items that serve multiple purposes? What if those items can give you reasonable power for detecting examinees with preknowledge with as few as 10-20 items?
2022
WHITE PAPER
Pseudonymity: An Answer to Assessment Privacy Concerns?
When testing data is pseudonymized, a data leak may not include the sensitive information that actually identifies individuals, reducing the risks involved with processing personal data.
This white paper explores the benefits to the assessment community of pseudonymity in the processing of assessment results.
2022
WHITE PAPER
Stealing Test Content with Hidden Cameras
In this white paper peers down at the level where fraudsters play to better understand their games. We’ll discuss the power, affordability, and accessibility of modern hidden cameras; show you just how easy it is to use hidden cameras, even (and almost especially) when a proctor is present; and talk about ways you can make it more difficult for these methods to work.
2021
WHITE PAPER
Standards for Online Proctoring
The purpose of the Test Security Standards for Online Proctoring is to provide a set of objective and practical standards for securely administering tests using online proctors. While there are many additional practical and procedural concerns regarding online proctoring, Caveon’s standards focus solely on those related to test security.
2021
WHITE PAPER
Test Fraud Threats
There are 14 security threats that could undermine your test security. What are they? (Hint: they are divided into two categories, cheating and theft.)
2021
WHITE PAPER
Big Data Speaks Up for Test Security
Five primary sources of data help us measure the effects of test security weaknesses, threats, and vulnerabilities. This article focuses on one: gathered data from exam administrations.
2016
PUBLISHED ARTICLE
Standards for Online Proctoring
Caveon’s Standards for Online Proctoring are the industry’s first established benchmarks for online proctoring. Find out the standards that online proctors should meet to ensure (rather than hinder) test security.
2015
WHITE PAPER
Using Multiple Online Security Measures to Deliver Secure Exams to Test Takers
This report describes the successful first-ever pilot of Online Proctored Testing. The study clearly demonstrates the feasibility of secure testing over the internet wherever students are located.
2009
WHITE PAPER
Recent Innovations in Data Forensics
This document describes some of the innovations that have been introduced in Caveon Data Forensics™ since 2005, including two that are especially impactful to customers.
2006
WHITE PAPER
Responding to Exam Security Breaches
Uh-oh. You’ve received information that your program’s test content and/or test security protocols have been breached. What should you do? Take a breath, don’t panic and read on. This article is a condensed guide to help you address a test security breach methodically, rather than reacting as the situation evolves.
2022
WHITE PAPER
The Language of Security and Test Security
Do you understand the difference between a security threat and a risk? Do you know the definitions of prevention, deterrence, and detection? This paper outlines the test security vocabulary you need to know.
2021
WHITE PAPER
Detecting Examinees With Pre-knowledge in Experimental Data Using Conditional Scaling of Response Times
In this groundbreaking published work, an innovative but simple method is proposed for detecting examinees with pre-knowledge.
2019
PUBLISHED ARTICLE
The Discrete Option Multiple Choice™ Test Item: An Important Evolution in Item and Test Design
Introducing the Discrete Option Multiple Choice (DOMC™) question format, one of the most important testing innovations our industry has experienced in decades.
2016
WHITE PAPER
Online Proctoring Systems Compared
Not all proctoring vendors are considered equal. They differ in approach and capabilities. This white paper compares major vendors as of 2013.
2013
WHITE PAPER
Combining Statistical Evidence for Increased Power in Detecting Cheating
This paper presents a method for effectively combining statistically independent components of probability evidence for improving inferences concerning potential test fraud.
2009
WHITE PAPER
Security Threats to Online Proctoring
Learn the six major security threats to online proctoring.
WHITE PAPER
Defensibility of Caveon's Statistics
This document reviews the standards and processes that are followed for producing a Data Forensics analysis.
2006
WHITE PAPER
The Tao of Test Aberrance
Research shows that understanding the statistical nature of aberrance and the development of multiple aberrance indices can help detect individuals using technology to cheat.
2004
WHITE PAPER
CASE STUDIES
Numbers Don't Lie: The Incident of the Test Killer
An security incident has been uncovered in the classroom and you want to understand the truth about what occurred, and whether or not the incident was isolated or widespread.
2020
CASE STUDY
When Data Saves Lives
It is a certification program’s purpose to verify that individuals who practice in professions such as medicine, construction, and IT actually possess the skills they claim to have. Passing a certification can lead to job offers, promotions, and even the right to operate dangerous machinery. The stakes are high.
2020
CASE STUDY
Be There When It Happens
How can you know if your exam is being administered properly, or if your administrators and test takers are following the rules? The answer is simple. The only effective method for understanding whether or not your test security policies are working is to the there when it happens.
2020
CASE STUDY
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